1912 MAFA season
The 1912 MAFA season was the 21st season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 14 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a two-week [|finals series].
Beverley won the MAFA premiership for the first time, defeating South Yarra in the [|1912 MJFA Grand Final].
This was the first season under the MAFA name, with the competition renamed from the Metropolitan Junior Football Association following the conclusion of the 1911 season.
Association membership
Like the previous season in 1911, a total of ten teams competed in the MAFA. Oakleigh, which had finished last on the ladder in the past three seasons, left the competition. The, which won the 1911 Victorian Junior Football Association premiership, was admitted into the MAFA.Prior to the start of the season, merged with the Hawthorn Rovers, a successful junior club, changing to a gold guernsey with a blue "V" of the Rovers. The club also changed its official name to "Hawthorn City", the same name it had briefly changed to in 1906.
VFL affiliations
Starting this season, the majority of clubs developed formal reserves affiliations with senior clubs that were competing in the Victorian Football League, with the exception of Caulfield and Collegians. Some clubs, including and, already had established relationships with senior clubs.The affiliations were as follows:
- Beverley with
- with
- with
- with
- with
- with
- South Yarra with
- University 2nd with